IvyGrace is a beautiful combination. Grace isn't as common as Lynn was--at least, as best I can tell--so it won't be quite as easy to pin down as an Amy-Lynn.

Normally, to be perfectly honest, I don't like Grace in the middle slot. But the sounds of IvyGrace together, as well as the shape of the name written down, are really striking. I think it's a fantastic combination.

June 18th, 2013, 04:06 PM

boyandgirl

I really love Ivy! It is sweet and feminine. I love Grace, but Grace in the middle is a bit predictable. It never crossed my mind to associate it with Beyoncé. If you are going for a double name, how about:

LoveIvy! I don't think I would stick Grace with it, though--both are "things", and since Emma has gone by EmmaGrace in the past, I wouldn't use another double barrel with Grace in it. I think you can get away with GraceCaroline, since Grace would be the FN, but for some reason it doesn't seem as okay to reuse Grace as a MN again. I think it sort of comes across that you really like it, but you can't seem to love it enough to use it up front. Maybe that's not the case, but I think that's how it would come across to me, if I didn't know you, and all your other girls didn't have Grace anywhere in their names. If you want a double-barrel, I think something like IvyKate (IvyCatherine, maybe? nn IvyKate?), IvyClaire, or IvyJane would be great, though.

Ash- thanks, I total see what you are saying with Grace.. totally! Gives me something to think on.
So, if we took the Grace out... I was thinking... IvyJosephine, IvyJane, I don't know... at a blank.. something about the flow of IvyGrace that I just love.... ugh.